Tamara Taylor

I recommend people develop a fear of elevators, like I have. Even if something is on the tenth floor, I'm walking up. If you don't have claustrophobia, pretend you do and take the stairs everywhere! It ends up being so healthy!

Canadian Actress

John Madden

I'm not afraid of flying; I just fear I'm going to die. I think I'm - vulnerable. I admit it. I don't fly. I got claustrophobia. I don't go in high buildings. I don't do those things. I'm just myself, whatever that is.

American Entertainer

James Stockdale

I was tortured fifteen times, that's total submission. They did that with shutting off your blood circulation with ropes, giving you claustrophobia and pain at the same time, bending you double.

American Soldier

Alice Oswald

I hate not managing to speak clearly. I really hate it. I get a feeling of claustrophobia - like I'm locked in my own head - if what I've said hasn't reached someone.

British Poet

Peter Dinklage

Game of Thrones' fans are the nicest people ever, but a thousand nice people coming at me gives me claustrophobia.

American Actor

Gemma Collins

I've only got to see an animal on TV and I start screaming. I don't like the feeling of claustrophobia either.

English Celebrity

Anna Gunn

Going under the water and staying under the water for periods of time gives me claustrophobia.

American Actress

Felix Baumgartner

This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.

Austrian Athlete

Steven Wright

I'm going to get an MRI to find out whether I have claustrophobia.

American Comedian

Ridley Scott

I wanted 'Alien' to be all about claustrophobia.

British Director

Refers to actual physical spaces, mainly tight or enclosed areas where movement is limited.

Literal Meaning

It's important to note that what triggers claustrophobia can be very different for each person.

Trigger Variability

Sometimes used metaphorically to describe situations that feel restricting or suffocating.

Metaphorical Use

Focuses on emotional reaction to perceived limitations on personal freedom, not necessarily physical spaces.

Emotional Constraint

It can apply to situations or relationships where one feels trapped or suffocated.

Non-Physical Spaces

Can be used to describe unease caused by social or interpersonal dynamics, not just solitary experiences.

Socially Induced

 Falling helplessly as flames lick around her, she too is caught in her own hopeless scene. Each of these figures bordering the painting are horribly trapped, giving the work an acute sense of claustrophobia.

Why is this painting so...

 growing nuclear arsenal and it put enormous demands on pilots who had to breathe pure oxygen to survive at such heights. Pilots find the confines of the helmet and face plate conducive to claustrophobia.

Claustrophobia